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layout: page
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category-page: intermediate
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category-title: Intermediate commands
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tags: terminate
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author: Announ Marwan
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title: kill
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previous-page: pages/cmd/interm/install.html
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next-page: pages/cmd/interm/md5.html
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---
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The <code>kill</code> command is used for terminating the
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running processes on your system.<br>
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In fact, using this commands you can easily kill all the processes that you want.
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Sometimes happens that you couldn't control an application, for example when
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you want to exit from your browser when it seems freezing.
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You have to know that "kill commands" can help you in do this.<br>
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<h3>killall</h3>
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Will terminate all programs that match the name specified without
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additional arguments.
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You have to know also that "killall" sends SIGTERM, or signal number 15.
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If you want to specify a different signal you can use "-s".
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<pre>
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killall -s 9 [process name]
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killall -KILL [process name]
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killall -9 [process name]
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</pre>
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<h3>kill</h3>
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Will terminate only one program.
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Without options, kill sends SIGTERM to the PID specified and asks the application
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or service to shut itself down.
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<pre>
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kill [PID]
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kill -s KILL [PID]
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kill -KILL [PID]
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</pre>
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